Type supporting and storage rack



Aug. 24, 1926. 1,597,531

D. P. M LAUGHLIN TYPE SUPPORTING AND STORAGE RACK Filed Jan. 11. 1926 IN VEN TOR.

DEN/S 2 NcLLA/GHL/N ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 24-, 1926.

hllTED STATES:

isewn DENIS 1?. MCLAUGHLIN, OF SAN DIEGG, CALIFORNIA;

TYPE SUPPORTING AND STORAGE RACK.

Application filed: January My invention relates to a type supporting and storagerack, and the objects of my invention are: first, to provide a rack of'this class whereby type,.usually. clamped in chases and supported ontrucks, sometimes lznown as turtles, may be convenientiy stored, thereby greatly reducing the number of such trucks or turtles otherwise necessary for handling, and supporting the type, and greatly increasing the available floor space; second, to provide a rack of this class whereby type set, and not to be used for some time, may be conveniently and readily stored and protected against injury and displacement, and whereby the chases usually employed for holding the set type, lines .oftype and cuts together, may be removed and utilized for others; third, to provide a rack of this class of substant-ially the height of the conventional type supporting truck or turtle so that the type on the latter may be readily wheeled to and shifted onto-an upper loose plate on the former; fourth, to provide a rack of this class having a loose upper plate which may be conveniently raised a slight distance to the level of the upper surface of the truck or turtle; fifth, to provide a rack of this class having means at its upper end for loosely supporting a type supporting plate, and also a plurality of supporting ledges intermediate its upper and lower ends for receiving and supporting theupe per loose plate when filled with type or for supporting empty plates adapted to be transferred to the top for receiving type from the trucks; sixth, to provide as a whole a novelly constructed type supporting and storage rack, and seventh, to provide a rackof this class which will not readily deteriorate or get out of order.

With these and other objects in view, as will appear hereinafter, my invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts and portions, as will be hereinafter described in detail and particularly set forth in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the characters of reference thereon, which form a part of this application, in which:'

Figure 1 is a fragmentary front elevational view of my type supporting and stor age rack in its preferred form of construction, showing type supported in some of the. compartments thereof; Fig. 2 is a 11, 1926. Serial no. 80,456.

fragmentary top view thereof, showing certain parts thereof brokenaway and'in section to facilitate the illustration; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary elevational view thereof taken at 33 of Fig.1, and Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view thereof,,taken at 4 a of Fig. 1..

Like characters of reference refer to similar parts and portions throughout the several views of the drawings.

My improved rack consists essentially of a pair of spaced apart supports suitably tied together at their upper and lower ends, a flush top mounted at the upper ends of the supports and provided with a plate-receivingrecess at its middle. portion, means for supporting plates in spaced relation betweenthe supports, a plurality of plates removably positioned in the recess of the top and on the means of the supports, means for raising the forward end of a plate adapted to be positioned in the re-.

cess of th top, and means for retaining andbinding together loose type positioned on the plates.

Eachof said supports consists of preferably three upright members 1, preferably bars, which are tied relatively to each other at their inner sides by means of a plurality of horizontally positioned and spaced apart'angle irons 2. One of the flanges of each angle iron is extended inwardly to ward a corresponding flange of the other support, forming a supporting ledge for one edge of a supporting plate 8, there being provided one plate for each pair of opposed ledges of the supports. The upright bars 1 are secured relatively to each other at their upper and lower ends by means of the rods 4. and nuts 4 At the inner sides of and near the extreme upper ends of the upright bars 1 of each support are secured angle irons 5 which extend horizontally, with their flanges extending inwardly andpreferably slightly spaced below the upper ends of the upright bars 1. To the upper sides of the inwardly extending flanges of the angles 5 is secured a top plate 6., At the outer sides ofthe extreme upper ends of the upright bars 1 are secured other, preferably larger, angles 7, to the upper sides of the outwardly extending flanges of which are secured the side top plates 8,- the upper surfaces of which are positioned above the top plate 6 a distance approximately equal to the thickness of the plates 3. The angles 7 extend preferably beyond the rear edges of the rear upright bars 1 and beyond the rear ends of the side top plates 8. To the upper sides of the rearwardly extended ends of the angles 7 is secured a rear top plate 9 which serves as a stop for the plates 3 adapted to be positioned in the recess formed by the top plate 6 and the side top plates 8, the upper surfaces of the plate 9 being flush with the upper surfaces of the plates 8. Said top plates 8 and 9 provide a table around the plate 3, positioned therebetween, for supporting the chase; To the rear edges of the rear upright bars 1 is secured a back plate 10 which serves as a stop for the removable typ supporting plates 3 adapted to be supported on the ledges formed by the angles 2.

Extending through the upper portions of the two front upright bars 1 is a cam operating rod 11 which is rotatably mounted and provided at one of its extended ends with a knob 12 having ratchet teeth 12' at its inner end adapted to be engaged and held by a pawl. Intermediate the ends of said rod and intermediate the two side supports is secured a pair of cams 13, shaped substantially as shown .in Fig. l. These cams are adapted, when rotated in a clockwise direction, when viewed from the right, to raise the forward end of the plate 3 positioned in the recess at the top, so as to bring the forward end of the plate on a level with the top of a type carrying truck. It will be here noted that the front portion of the top plate 6 is preferably cut away to clear the cams and also to permit the plate 3 to be tilted forwardly slightly so as to lower its forward edge to facilitate the shifting of the type from the truck to the plate 3.

After the type, clamped in the chase, is transferred from the truck or turtle onto a plate 3, positioned in the recess in the top of the rack, the chase is removed and the binder, consisting of interlocking bars 14 and 15, provided with notches at their edges as indicated by 1 1E in Fig. 1, is then positioned around the type. The binder frame is preferably slightly smaller than the plates 3 on which it is adapted to be positioned. The plate 3 at the upper end of the rack is then removed and placed below on a pair of the supporting ledges formed by the angles 2. Another plate 3 from below is then placed in the recess above.

Though I have shown and described a particular construction, combination and ar- 7 rangement of parts and portions, I do not wish to be limited to this particular construction, combination and arrangement, but desire to include in the scope of my invention, the construction, combination and arrangement substantially asset forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a rack of the class described, a pair of spaced apart vertical supports provided at their adjacent sides with vertically spaced supporting ledges, means supporting said supports in spaced relation at their upper and lower ends, type supporting plates adapted to be removably positioned at the upper end of the rack and on said supporting ledges, and means in connection with the upper end of the rack for limiting the-position of a plate positioned thereon.

2. In a rack of the class described, a pair of spaced apart vertical supports provided at their adjacent sides with vertically spaced supporting ledges, means supporting said supports in spaced relation at their upper and lower ends, type supporting plates adapted. to be removably positioned at the upper end of the rack and on said supporting ledges, and means at the upper end of the rack for raising the plate adapted to be positioned at the upper end of the same.

3. In a rack of the class described, a pair of spaced apart vertical supports provided at their adjacent sides with Vertically spaced supporting ledges, a top mounted at the upper ends of said supports and provided with a plate receiving recess spaced from its side and back ed es, said recess being of a width substantially equal to the space between the opposed supporting ledges, and type supporting plates adapted to be removably positioned in the recess of the top and on said supporting ledges.

L. In a rack of the class described, a pair of spaced apart vertical supports provided at their adjacent sides with vertically spaced supporting ledges, a top mounted at the upper ends of said supports and provided with a plate receiving ecess spaced from its side and back edges, said recess beingof a width substantially equal to the space between the opposed supporting ledges, type supporting plates adapted to be removably positioned in the recess of the top and on said supporting ledges, and means mounted below said top for raising the plate adapted to be positioned in said recess.

5. In a rack of the class described, a pair of spaced apart vertical supports provided at their adjacent sides with opposed plate supporting means, a flush top supported at the upper ends of said supports and provided with a plate receiving recess in its middle portion, said recess being open at its front side, the width of said recess being substantially equal to the distance between opposed plate supporting means of the supports, and type supporting plates adapted to be removably positioned in the recess of the top and on the plate supporting means of the supports, said plates being of a thickness substantially equal to the depth of said recess providing a normally flush construction of the plate positioned in the recess with the upper surface of the top.

6. In a rack of the class described, a pair of spaced apart vertical supports provided at their adjacent sides .with opposed plate supporting means, a flush top supported at the upper ends of said supports and pro vided with a plate receiving recess in its middle portion, said recess being open at its front side, the width of said recess being substantially-equal to the distance between opposed plate supporting means of the supports, type supporting plates adapted to be removably positioned in the recess of the top and on the plate supporting means of the supports, said plates being of a thickness substantially equal to the depth of said recess providing a normally flush construction of the plate positioned in the recess with the upper surface of the top, and a cam means mounted below the top for raising the forward end of the plate adapted to be positioned in said recess.

7. In a rack of the class described, a pair of spaced apart supports positioned in opposed relation, each comprising a plurality of uprights and a plurality of horizontal angles securing said uprights relatively to each other at their inner sides, one of the flanges of each an le extending inwardly toward the opposite support forming superimposed supporting ledges, tie rods securing he opposed uprights of said supports relativcly to each other at their upper and lower ends, a back member connecting the rear uprights, side top plates mounted at the upper ends of the upright of each support, a rear top plate positioned at the rear of the rack and extending from one support to the other at the rear ends of the side top plates, said plates forming a flush top having a cutout portion at its middle and open at its front edge, a supporting top plate supported below said side and rear top plates providing a bottom for the cutout portion of the top and forming a plate receiving recess, and a plurality of plates adapted to be removably positioned in said recess and on the supporting ledges of the supports.

8. In a rack of the class described, a pair of spaced apart supports positioned in opposed relation, each comprising a plurality of uprights and a plurality of horizontal angles securing said uprights relatively to each other at their inner sides, one of the flanges of each angle extending inwardly toward the opposite support forming superimposed supporting ledges, tie rods securing the opposed upright-s of said supports relatively to each other at their upper and lower ends, a back member connecting the rear uprights, side top plates mounted at the upper ends of the uprights of each support, a rear top plate positioned at the rear of the rack and extending from one support to the other at the rear ends of the side top plates, said plates forming a flush top having a cutout portion at its middle and open at its front edge, a supporting top plate supported below said side and rear top plates providing a bottom for the cutout portion of the top and forming a plate receiving recess, a.

plurality of plates adapted to be removably positioned in said recess and on the supporting ledges of the supports, a cam operating rod rotatably mounted at the upper ends of the foremost upright, a plurality of cams mounted thereon adapted, when the rod is rotated, to be projected beyond the upper surface of the supporting top plate for raising the forward end of the type supporting plate adapted to be positioned on the former, ancll means for rotating said cam operating roc.

9. In a type supporting means, a rack hav- 7 class described, a rack of substantially the height of aconventional type supporting truck, said rack having vertically spaced supporting ledges between its upper and lower ends, and type supporting plates adapted to be removably positioned at the upper end of the rack and on said supporting ledges.

11. In a type supporting means of the class described, a rack of substantially the height of a conventional type supporting truck, said rack having vertically spaced supporting ledges between its upper and lower ends, and a type supporting plate removably positioned at the upper end of the rack adapted to receive type by sliding from a type supporting truck, said plate being also adapted to be removably positioned on said ledges.

12. In a means of the class described, a rack having vertically spaced supportin g ledges intermediate its upper and lower ends, type supporting plates adapted to be removably positioned at the upper end of the rack and on said supporting ledges, and means in connection with the upper end of the rack for limiting the position of a plate positioned thereon.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at San Diego, California this 24th day of December, 1925.

DENIS P. McLAUGHLIN. 

